Question

A dispute over this good triggered a trade war with a 100% tariff on EU cashmere sweaters and pecorino cheese. Ernst Otto Stalinski argued that he had been kidnapped as part of a “war” (-5[1])over this commodity when representing the company Fyffes (“FIFES”). This good was the subject (15[1])of a (15[1])1976 case that made it easier (15[1])to ban cartels, United Brands v. Commission. In a series of (-5[1])GATT and WTO cases in the 1990s and 2000s, Latin American countries sued European (15[1])ones over (*) preferential (10[1]-5[1])status to (10[1])a group of former colonies for importing this (10[1])good. (-5[1])Producers of this good that stuck with Gros (10[1])Michel (10[7])lost (10[1])market (10[3])share when Panama Disease (10[1])encouraged a shift to its Cavendish (10[1])variety. An infamous Euromyth claims these objects must be straight rather than bent. For 10 points, name this fruit, the primary product of the company Chiquita. (10[3])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: bananas [or Musa; or plantains; prompt on fruit]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Social Science>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y6100%0%17%110.17
2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%33%116.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%60%0%70.80
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%25%25%101.25
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%105.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%108.33
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%97.50

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jack RadoColumbia BCornell A33-5
Mark GrantBroken Hearts10 Negs that Shook the Quiz4615
Richard PollardYes, ModeratorEdinburgh4815
Matt BoothFour Neg OmeletteFoucault's Penndulum5415
Nathan SheffieldMITBrandeis65-5
Liam KusalikWaterloo HatsuneLa Clique du Château7915
Ryan LittleOklahoma BTexas A8210
Charles WellsRiceTexas C82-5
Franklin WuToronto RoflToronto Joy8410
Yuliang HuangFlorida AFlorida B9210
Ishan JoshiMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, AdrianLibrary of Babel School of Continuing Studies93-5
Lexi TermanRutgersJHU A10110
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto WearyWaterloo Miku10210
Owen MimnoNYUCornell B10210
Andy YuUMD AJHU B10210
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay ASwarthmore10210
RyanBerkeley CBerkeley B10210
Oliver WuOklahoma ATexas B10210
Justin Lee3HK1MMBetrayed by Rita Izzatdust10210
Sean FarrellNorth FloridaFSU A10310
Jason HongBrownBoston College10410
Jake GreerHarvardTufts10410
Sam FooTabearnacleOld London Town10410
Andrew ZengStanfordBerkeley A10810
Danny PeelenPittRIT11410
Henry AtkinsLibrary of Babel School of Continuing StudiesMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, Adrian14010
Christopher DechBrandeisMIT14010
Sarod NoriCornell AColumbia B14010
Owen GilroyTexas CRice14110